OFFICE OF THE STATE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, 927 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, October 19, 1904. To His Excellency, GEORGE C. PARDEE, Governor of California: SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the Eleventh Biennial Report of this Bureau. Respectfully yours, W. V. STAFFORD, Commissioner. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. LAW CREATING THE BUREAU.. WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAGE-WORKERS.. THE APPRENTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA.. LABOR ORGANIZATIONS IN CALIFORNIA MARITIME LABOR ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER AND CONDITION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE.. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF OCCUPATIONS IN CALIFORNIA AND CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. NUMBER AND CONDITION OF THE UNEMPLOYED SHORTENING THE HOURS OF LABOR CHILDREN OF THE WAGE-EARNER AND HIGHER EDUCATION. PUNITIVE, CORRECTIVE, AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.. THE STATE SAVINGS BANKS STATUTES AND DECISIONS AFFECTING LABOR. FINANCIAL STATEMENT PAGE. 5 8 11 18 30 49 72 79 93 96 98 102 110 117 119 121 136 REPORT OF BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. INTRODUCTION. There runs through the preceding reports of this Bureau a persistent cry that it is impossible properly to do the work laid down by law without a material increase in the appropriation, and this appeal seems to have been met, in most instances, by a reduction at the hands of the Legislature, so that the amount allowed for the maintenance of the Bureau by the organic law, namely, $4,500 per annum, has been reduced to $2,500 per annum, and the amount allowed for printing has been reduced from $1,750 to $1,250 at the present time. The most serious feature about this latter reduction is that it does not provide even sufficient means to print an ordinary report of the Bureau work. The following matter has been compiled practically within a little over sixty days and it will exhaust the printing allowance for two years, leaving nothing for supplying blanks, books, etc.-materials so essential either in gathering statistics or in calling attention to violations of existing laws. The reduction of the contingent fund leaves the Bureau without a margin sufficient to carry out its work throughout the State. It is impossible to make the occasional personal inspection of stores, factories, etc., which is essential in order to enforce the laws regarding child labor, protection to women, sanitation, etc., and as a consequence that part of the work has been almost entirely confined to the neighborhood of San Francisco Bay. In addition to the ordinary work of the Bureau, during the year 1905 the Federal Government has arranged to take an exhaustive manufacturing census and asks this department to make arrangements to work in conjunction with it. While the burden of the expense will fall upon the National department, naturally our expenses will materially increase, for while we shall have unprecedented opportunity to acquire matter of great value to the commercial and labor world, it will entail expense to put such matter in shape and place it before the people. The foregoing is offered as a plea for the restoration of the original contingent fund, $4,500 per annum, and for an appropriation for printing commensurate with the work of the Bureau. In any event there will be no cessation of effort through lack of funds, but an endeavor to show, what should be in evidence at all times, that the State can get returns for its investments and that work can be performed as well for |